Project Gutenberg 2011-08-21 Public domain in the USA. 343 Haslam, John 1764 1844 Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "Observations on Madness and Melancholy" by John Haslam is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. The work provides a comprehensive investigation into the nature of insanity, detailing the definitions, symptoms, and case studies of various mental disorders observed by the author during his tenure at Bethlem Hospital. Haslam's exploration seeks to bridge the gap between theoretical insights and practical observations in the field of psychiatry. The opening of the book sets the stage for a detailed examination of madness, beginning with Haslam's assertion that the term "madness" lacks a precise definition yet remains universally recognized among practitioners when they encounter an insane person. He discusses the challenges of defining mental disorders, the significance of understanding the human mind's functions, particularly in a state of despair, and the complexities of language in expressing mental conditions. Haslam introduces foundational concepts of insanity, contrasting mania and melancholia, while emphasizing the necessity of observing real cases and toxicological appearances in the brain to understand these conditions better. This detailed approach promises readers a blend of theoretical discourse and clinical observation as they delve deeper into the intricacies of mental illness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 52.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Psychology, Pathological Psychiatry -- Early works to 1900 Depression, Mental Melancholy RC Text Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Health & Medicine Category: Psychiatry/Psychology 386244 2025-06-15T07:11:39.354210 text/html 389292 2011-08-21T15:16:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 173847 2011-08-21T15:16:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 266103 2025-06-15T07:11:49.276129 application/epub+zip 270274 2025-06-15T07:11:43.433192 application/epub+zip 205302 2025-06-15T07:11:41.843210 application/epub+zip 500434 2025-06-15T07:11:53.334111 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 461432 2025-06-15T07:11:48.081176 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 267083 2022-09-17T05:23:01.022431 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333514 2025-06-15T07:11:38.464174 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 333479 2011-08-21T15:16:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 121610 2011-08-21T15:16:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 333510 2011-08-21T15:16:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 121499 2011-08-21T15:16:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21285 2025-06-15T07:11:53.482109 application/rdf+xml 16174 2025-06-15T07:11:42.416178 image/jpeg 3590 2025-06-15T07:11:42.128174 image/jpeg 267376 2025-06-15T07:11:39.395191 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia